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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11461
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14505
13 Actual Demand 11181
14 Aggregate Planning 12110
15 Air Cargo 10040
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34820
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15316
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19164
20 Assembly Line 22289
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22934
22 Average Speed of Answer 26535
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23061
24 Batch Production 38282
25 Bill Discounting 14485
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11171
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7117
28 Blanket Release 9980
29 Bonded Warehouse 10038
30 Booking Number 13737
31 Bottleneck 9473
32 Buffer Stock 59146
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9549
35 Business Logistics 25585
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12540
37 Capacity Management 40389
38 Capacity Utilization 14063
39 Capital Intensive 8374
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8697
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12090
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9266
45 Co-managed Inventory 12437
46 Co-Packers 11739
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6833
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19711
50 Container Depot 10581
51 Container Freight Station 10257
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12043
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11387
56 Control Charts 7938
57 Cost Flow 10238
58 Courier Service 15192
59 CPFR 8191
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44069
62 Date Code 18178
63 Days of Supply 19791
64 Dead on Arrival 9207
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8079
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14187
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10835
70 Dispatching 24425
71 Distributed Inventory 8329
72 Distribution Channel Management 34652
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24160
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52598
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22253
78 Dual 5423
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26157
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49609
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7588
84 Efficient Frontier 25419
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16379
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7814
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9807
92 External Growth 10039
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7724
95 Field Warehouse 10354
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14574
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26966
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8142
101 FOB Destination 12990
102 Forward buying 30037
103 Freight Charge 10296
104 Freight Consolidation 7503
105 Gantt Chart 8268
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11696
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29534
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12650
109 Hub 23377
110 Idle Time 8043
 
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